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Chapter 8: 8- Twilight Time
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Finishing the box of cupcakes, she licks her lips and finger. She finishes the water in her flask as she tug down her shirt as the village's nurse finished tending to her wound. "Thank you kindly dear medic. "she put the empty box aside. She flexes as she gets feels the bandages "What's the verdict?"
"You're welcome, you'll be fine in a few days, you're very lucky. Nothing seems fractured, and its minor bruising and muscle sprain. So don't push your body for the next couple of hours and don't scratch the bandage."
"Yes, i know. I been tended too before." she chuckles as she gives her arm an experimental roll as she stood up. "Thank you again, but i must return to ponyville now, my work here is done." she gives a smile at the nurse and grabs her sword before leaving the building. She first went to see Carrot Top who's now setting up her stall, nodding to the mare who smile and waves her off as she starts off towards the whitetail woods again.
Nothing of interest happen in whitetail as she past it with no hindrance. She must have slain all the timberwolves, the animals are back and birds are chirping again. She smiles as she exits the woods and enter Ponyville proper once more. She looks around and spots her destination, she heads towards it. The Borealis Castle, to meet with Twilight. She bang on the door knocker waiting. It was answered by Spike, a young dragon.
"Hi, how can i help yo? oh you're Ciri. Hello again, come in, Twi's at the library." he opens the door wider and motions her to follow. She enters, the door was shut. "This way" he waddles towards the library's direction with Ciri in tow. They arrived at the library, where not only Twilight was there but there is also another unicorn whos seem bored out of her mind reading a book. She looks over, her eyes widen at surprise. "Hey Twilight, Ciri is here! And hi Starlight, you doing alright?"
"Y-yeah.. im fine. Ciri? You're the new er.. person?" getting a nod "person in town."
"Glad you can make Ciri." Twilight levitated away a long, a very long scroll to the side as she places the quill back into the ink bottle. "Welcome to my library, can i interest you in a book before we start?" she grins excited as with a horn glow, she poofed a notepad as she opens it, grinning eagerly. "First thing first. Full name?"
" Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon. Witcher of the School of the Wolf."
"What exactly is a Witcher?"
"Highly trained, normally mutated by chemicals from a young age. I didn't undergo such mutations though. But they have the best tracking skills and some form of magic to help in combat. I lack those skills but I am still an adept tracker myself, we witcher are professional monster slayers. Got a prowling monster need gone? Got the coin? Consider it gone." she smiles proudly.
"So kind of a mercenary? isn't that dangerous?"
"It's always dangerous" she points to her scar. "Monsters are never easy. I can do other kind of work. and I'll help anyone who needs it and if the situation calls for it, I won't ask for a reward. As long as someone is safe, that's good enough for me." she smiles.
Smiling, accepting that answer, Starlight asks the next question. "Have you killed any monsters when you got here?" getting a nod in reply. "Really? what?"
"Timberwolves, as Applebloom called them. They were prowling the Whitetail woods " getting widen eyes from Starlight. "They really aren't from there are they?"
"Yes, they're normally prowl the Everfree, they do wander away but can be driven back into the forest.. odd they moved their territory .. but they don't die easily They reformed their bodies using magic"
"Well, if you want proof." she upon her inventory satchel rummaging through it. "I slain the big one." she pulls out her trophy, the head of the Alpha timberwolf. Making the ponies gawked surprised.
"Wow.. Awesome..." Spike uttered as he saw it.
"i-impossible.. how can it die" She takes the head into her levitation,s he scans it "it's magic is completely gone! h-how?! What did you use?"
"My sword" pointing to her back.
"What is it made of?!" Twilight asks abit frantically but at the same time very curious.
"Twilight, calm down" Starlight tries to reason. "Mind showing us your sword?"
"Be careful with it, its a gift from my father." She pulls it out, holding it to them. It was envelop in a magic glow soon enough, but it only wobble as the magic aura have a hard time keeping a firm hold on it.
"wh-what is it made off? why is it so hard to just levitate?" Twilight is now more curious than ever. "Is it cause of the magic evaporating inside the Timberwolves?"
"Must be it" Ciri admits "My Sword is made from Dimeritium, Meteorite Silver. Forged with the blood of monsters and laced with gemstone dust. Expertly crafted by a master blacksmith."Dimeritium is a special metal from where i am from. it was mostly made into shackles and iron bars. They can resist magic from mages, as you can tell its use agaisnt magic users"
"That sounds like Nilen" Twilight mutters, her horn glowing brighter and shakily the sword was able to lift off, still wavering. She grunts. "Resistance is right.. it feels heavy..it's similar to Nilen.. but it doesn't nullify magic entirely.."
Starlight watching, saw the glyps on the sword. "What does those rune means? I don't think i seen such a language before.."
Gasping Twilight almost drop the sword, as she grab it with her forelegs, holding it closer "You're right, this is a different language! What does this say?"
"It's Elder Speech, it says Zireael which translate to Swallow. I'm actually wondering, how am i able to read your words? From where I am from our language alphabet is completely different but i could still read your texts."
"It was? Strange And Swallow? Like the bird?" getting nod. "Well your sword seems intriguing ." she holds it up, Ciri taking it back and re-sheathing it. "We have a similar metal, we call it Nilen and unlike your Dimeritium, Nilen completely nullify any magic. Yours seem to can resist a quiet an amount but I bet, with enough force a very strong magic blast could crack your sword." she warns her.
"Thank you for telling me" she sat down. "Anything else?"
"Well.." Starlight tapped her chin "Got any skills we should know about?"
Deciding to keep her world traveling thing a secret for now, she stood up and dash forward, teleporting behind them. Getting them to almost jump in surprise. "I can teleport."
"H-how, i s-saw it but how i didn't feel the magic ?" Twilight look back and forth Ciri and her former location, noting the fading aura and her body shape . "But that's impressive, Teleportation is a intermediate spell, not all unicorns could pull it off instantly." she claps. "I have soo many more questions!" she start writing down. "Hold on, let me write everything down, we'll run tests! And .. oh.. and.. Spike, make us some tea and snack!" she goes around grabbing more paper to write on.
Rolling their eyes, Spike went to fetch them drinks and snack. Starlight only smiles "You're in it now.." she chuckles.
Chuckling herself "S-should i worry?" Ciri asks.
She only got a flat "yes" as a response from the unicorn, who smiles amused as she watches her friend and teacher frantic preparations. "Yes, yes you should."
Author's Notes:
Ciri inventory [*New item/s] Money: 40 Bits
Witcher Sword: Zireael
Armor: Sundress Shirt Short Pants
Tracker's Boots Wolf School Medallion
Quest Items: Mysterious Gem.
Misc Items: Hardened Timber x4, Magic Essence x5 Crowns x350 Apples x5 Sweet Buns x4, Candies x3
Trophies: Alpha Timberwolf